Human rights activist tries to stop death by stoning for Iranian woman

[kidd]

Very touched by the story. Sound a bit like the chinese folk story, 'Mulian saving his mother', where the son go to hell to save his mother.

Son pleads for help as mother awaits stoning in Iran

Why the hell are these men (judges) so blood thirsty? Why can't they let the woman (who has already served her sentence) go?

Convicted of adultery in 2006, Ashtiani has been sentenced to be stoned to death for her alleged crime.

Originally sentenced to 99 lashes for her alleged "illicit relationship outside of marriage," Ashtiani endured that punishment in front of her then 17-year-old son.

"The authorities asked if I wanted to wait outside. I said no. I could not leave my mother alone."
Sajjad says it is a day he will never forget. But, he says, that day he thought the worst was over.
"I was thinking, OK, they hit her, now it's finished. They told me this process was finished. She's done. She's free to go. "

But then a judges' panel in Tabriz suspected Ashtiani of being involved in her husband's murder and re-opened her case.

She was cleared of the murder charges, but the panel re-examined Ashtiani's adultery sentence, and based on unspecified "judges' knowledge," decided she should be put to death for the alleged affair.
"At that time it should have been finished. They should have punished her only once," says her son. "Her documents say she is innocent. She paid for the crime five years ago."

[Lucre]

Very touched with the story. Sound a bit like the chinese folk story, 'Mulian saving his mother', where the son to do hell to save his mother.

Son pleads for help as mother awaits stoning in Iran

Why the hell are these men (judges) so blood thirsty? Why can't they let the woman (who has already served her sentence) go?

systematic brainwashing during upbringing years, after awhile, the 'wrong' seemed more like the 'right' thing to do.

[Guo Xiang]

the problem is, how do we know if the women are truly guilty? they could have been victims of these men.

Depends on the places... In certain Islamic countries, men can never be guilty; the guilty ones will forever be the women.

[kidd]

Depends on the places... In certain Islamic countries, men can never be guilty; the guilty ones will forever be the women.

Even when men are found guilty, they have the unfair advantage. Read this.

Jamshidi did not describe how the stonings were carried out. But typically under Islamic rulings, a man is buried up to his waist, while a woman is buried up to her neck. Those carrying out the verdict then throw stones until the person dies. If the person manages to escape from the hole, he or she will remain free under Islamic law.

Guess who has a bigger chance of getting out of the hole?

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479752,00.html

[kidd]

What kind of law is it where a person is punished twice for the same 'crime'?

http://freesakineh.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernar..._b_707424.html

Why are these judges so blood thirsty?

[Lucre]

What kind of law is it where a person is punished twice for the same 'crime'?

http://freesakineh.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernar..._b_707424.html

Why are these judges so blood thirsty?

same reason why some people tried to put multiple claims of the same thing by photocopying receipts.

some people do it for money, those judges enjoyed a 'good show' maybe?

they probably have the same brainwave as the romans who enjoyed watching the gladiators.